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VG247.comSat, 01 Aug 2015 21:19:19 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2Sportsfriends compendium sent to Sony for PS3 and PS4 certificationhttp://www.vg247.com/2014/04/09/sportsfriends-compendium-sent-to-sony-for-ps3-and-ps4-certification/
http://www.vg247.com/2014/04/09/sportsfriends-compendium-sent-to-sony-for-ps3-and-ps4-certification/#commentsWed, 09 Apr 2014 20:38:21 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=463807Sportsfriends, a compendium of four local multiplayer games Johann Sebastian Joust, BaraBariBall, Super Pole Riders, and Hokra, has been submitted to Sony for certification. It should launch on PlayStation 3 and PS4 “in just a few weeks,” according to Die Gute Fabrik’s update on its Kickstarter page. The developers said it should know within a week if it passed the process. The Linux, Mac and PC port is also in development, and work on controller support will start soon. More information is through the link. Via Polygon.
]]>http://www.vg247.com/2014/04/09/sportsfriends-compendium-sent-to-sony-for-ps3-and-ps4-certification/feed/0Sportsfriends successfully funded on Kickstarterhttp://www.vg247.com/2012/12/10/sportsfriends-successfully-funded-on-kickstarter/
http://www.vg247.com/2012/12/10/sportsfriends-successfully-funded-on-kickstarter/#commentsMon, 10 Dec 2012 23:42:47 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=323200Sportsfriends, a collection of four local multiplayer games bundled together, has successfully reached its $150,000 funding goal on Kickstarter.

The collection features Johann Sebastian Joust, BaraBariBall, Super Pole Riders and Hokra. Now that funding has been met will be released on PS3 next year with releases on PC, Mac and Linux to follow, Joystiq reports. The funding will get the current game prototypes through to completion, as well as adding many other ways to play the games.

The games’ Kickstarter page has details of each game that makes up the collection. The games emphasize the focus on the joy of gaming with friends.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2012/12/10/sportsfriends-successfully-funded-on-kickstarter/feed/1Johann Sebastian Joust invites his Sportsfriends to PS3 and PChttp://www.vg247.com/2012/11/08/johann-sebastian-joust-invites-his-sportsfriends-to-ps3-and-pc/
http://www.vg247.com/2012/11/08/johann-sebastian-joust-invites-his-sportsfriends-to-ps3-and-pc/#commentsThu, 08 Nov 2012 23:29:51 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=314627I can see the elevator pitch now, “The game is akin to trying to knock other players ice-cream cones to the ground, whilst protecting your own ice-cream cone, all to classical music that sped up and slowed down!”. Sounds crazy, but not only does it work, it’s been beloved by many who have played it and proves that game play is about the game, not the graphics. Along with Johann Sebastian Joust, three other games are packaged with it to produce the Sportsfriends bundle.

Starting today on Kickstarter, the aim is to bring these four local multiplayer games to the Playstation, with PC releases following after. The four games will include:

Johann Sebastian Joust

BaraBariBall

Super Pole Riders

Hokra

Douglas Wilson, Noah Sasso, Bennett Foddy and Ramiro Corbetta bring a very wide and varied vision to how games can be played, and the specific focus on the joy of gaming with friends first and foremost, is certainly a space that’s quite under-developed in the market. What is normally delegated to “party games”, this genre is begging to be explored and this range of games could just be the start of a very good thing in gaming.

There’s plenty of further information over on the Kickstarter project page for your perusing. As per usual, the more to back, the more you’ll get. Additional games, equipment, and knick knacks are available for those with the inclination and cash to spare. I mean invest.